Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-02
MAX SHINpORN

Report comes Of the death in a prison II,
Belgium Of Mar Shinhorn. the most .c-
comphshed bank breaker that ever grac,d
this country with his presence. Ii WAS
Shlnborn who, one night twenty. five wears
ago, with George White. then a resident
OF NestmureiRud, \. Il, rs a confederate.
robbed the Nalpole savings bank of a
large sum of money. In course Of time
ooth were arrested and they lay in jail at
heehe all summer. Max vas polite and ac-
compbshed, ami captured tho hearts Of no
end OF women who thought it such
pity that such r pretty man" should be
smut up. and thev sent every day flowers
and goodies 20 his cell, and sent their chill
dren too % help him while away the wea
ry hours. He was gazed al with admiriug
eyes when lie and White were tried in the
tal. Shlnoorn was convicted hut in
W mites case the jury disagreed The
night after the verdict the distinguished
German walked calmly out of the iai re
yolver IN hand, and took a run up over
beech hull. some curious villagers followed
HIM and when some Of them Approachsd
too close 10 suit his pleasure he sat down
on stone wall and remarked that the first
one OF them 10 come a step nearer was .
dead man. When he got rested and it he
gan 70 be dark he got up and walked OF
INTO the woodland unmolested and disap-
peared. He was not seen again until some
body picked him up in New York a wear or
two after and brought him back to Keepe
Cn ms arrival he stepped off the train with
the cheerful remark, Home again 50 He
went 70 the Concord state prison and made
shoes until one night, when the line of pris
oners was marching through the ward to
supper, he darted out. seized the ends Of
two planks at the bottom of the heavy ont
er gate, wrenched them of with ease
sprang through the opening, jumped into
carriage that stood III waiting and once
more disappeared Investigation showed
that an accomplish had bored rows of holes
close up under the middle cross piece Of the
door, practically cutting off the plsnks so
thht ohlnborn easily snapped them off when
he seized them We believe he WAS after.
ward brought back TO Concord but bought
his way out by the return Of large Dert
OF the stolen funds The winter following
Shinborn's conviction White got out of the
heene Jail and left for parts unknown
he was an apt pupil a. well as an inventor
IN ms profession, he having first put in
practice the now well-known scheme Of
gagging a cashier and his family at night
tying the family securely and then taxing
the cashier to the bank and compelling him
i'NAi Wv NhhlLs II was TINS dodge of
Whites invention that led 10 the invention
and adoption Of the time lock now used by
all reputable banks. White. under the
name Of Miles, is now nearing the end of
his term at Windsor for robbng the Barre
bank
1t IA said that Shinborn tried to rob a 81
Adams bank after his escape from Con
cord, as above related, and that his recop-
milton on railroad train at the time led to
his arrest and return TO the Concord pris
on. However this may be, he followed the
cracksmans profession in New York state
and the West until he accumulated a for
tune, when he returned to Germany where
1t Is said that he married lady of the no
hlhty, and was afterward concerned in a
bank robbery in Viviers, Belgium. for
which he was sentenced 10 the prison where
he died. However this may be- Max Shin
born was unquestionably the most accom-
pllshed craftsman who ever operated in
TINS country. He was highly educated of
remarkably agreeable manners, and we can
easily believe of him the story that is told
that the German officials didn't want him
back IN that country because of secrets AT
iecting the German nobility which he knew
and which it was feared he would divuIge
II put 70 trial IN that country